So, naturalists observe, a flea; Hath smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller fleas to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum.

The ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion.

I cannot but conclude that the Bulk of your Natives, to be the most pernicious Race of little odious Vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the Surface of the Earth.

Every dog must have his day.

An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.

To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is simply to let the world know that you are wiser today than you were then.

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.